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肇事

zhào shì

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

肇事 (zhào shì) means "to cause an accident; to be responsible for an incident; to provoke a disturbance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 肇事 means

1. to cause an accident
2. to be responsible for an incident
3. to provoke a disturbance

The characters in 肇事

• 肇zhàoat first; devise; originate
• 事shìmatter; thing; item

Words starting with 肇事

• 肇事者zhào shì zhěoffender; culprit
• 肇事逃逸zhào shì táo yìhit-and-run

Words containing 肇事

• 交通肇事罪jiāo tōng zhào shì zuìculpable driving causing serious damage or injury

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